Cougar Basketball Returns to Fox Sports Midwest

November 3, 2016, 1:05 PM

Basketball fans will once again be able to watch SIUE Cougar basketball games on FOX Sports Midwest. SIUE and FOX Sports Midwest will continue their agreement to televise SIUE men’s basketball on the regional sports network, which also features St. Louis Cardinals baseball and St. Louis Blues hockey.

This is the fifth consecutive year that SIUE basketball fans will be able to follow the Cougars on television.

“We are very proud to extend our relationship with FOX Sports Midwest,” said SIUE Director of Athletics Dr. Brad Hewitt. “The exposure which the University and SIUE basketball receives by reaching millions of homes is invaluable.”

Games televised on FOX Sports Midwest will also be streamed on the FOX Sports GO app and FOXSportsGo.com.

The SIUE game at Saint Louis is set for Saturday, Dec. 17 at 4 p.m. That game will be televised as part of the Billikens’ broadcast schedule. The Cougars and the Billikens are meeting for the fifth consecutive season.

FOX Sports Midwest's Scott Warrman will handle play-by-play duties, while Joe Pott, the radio voice of the SIUE Cougars, will join for his fifth season as the primary analyst on the broadcasts.

FOX Sports Midwest, a regional sports television network, is the leading provider of local sports in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, reaching nearly 6 million television homes. FOX Sports Midwest telecasts more than 3,000 hours of live local programming each year, including Cardinals baseball and Blues hockey. FOX Sports Regional Networks are the nation's leading provider of local sports. Through 22 owned-and-operated regional networks, FOX Sports Networks serve as the TV home to 46 MLB, NHL and NBA teams. For more information, visit FOXSportsMidwest.com.

Day

Date

Opponent

Time

Friday

Nov. 18

SIU Carbondale

7:00 p.m.

Saturday

Nov. 26

IUPUI

1:00 p.m.

Wednesday

Dec. 7

Stetson

8:00 p.m.

Saturday

Dec. 17

at Saint Louis

4:00 p.m.*

Saturday

Jan. 14

Murray State

7:00 p.m.

Saturday

Feb. 4

Jacksonville State

4:00 p.m.

Thursday

Feb. 9

Southeast Missouri

7:00 p.m.+

Saturday

Feb. 11

UT Martin

1:00 p.m.

Saturday

Feb. 25

Eastern Illinois

7:00 p.m.

*televised as part of Saint Louis' television package
+Airs on FOX Sports Midwest Plus